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Fragments 5 Finitti and 6 Begun …
It’s been since March since I blogged … hopefully you all will forgive my silence. I’m sure you will. Alas. I haven’t painted since May, but I did finish Fragments 5 above. As of yet, several new paintings in the … Continue reading
Fragments I – Process
In the past week, I have slowly been processing and writing about the new series Fragments. I am thinking, How can I express the pain of my Dissociative Identity Disorder, the horrible acts of abuse that made me split in … Continue reading
Viet-Nam 9 – Circles – More
So now I stop painting for the day, having finished the lower sections more and completed more silver on the upper left area. There is an art deco style to the lower sections that reminds me of the camouflage of … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War 9 — Process Foto — Silver and Gold
Continuing to clarify here, with the additions of silver, gold, Titan Buff and Raw Umber. Why? because the Raw Umber adds the Earth as it comes from the Earth itself. The silver and gold remind me of the very real … Continue reading
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Viet-Nam War 9 – Process – Darkness and Light
This is a much clearer foot of the head of the cloud, and this afternoon I have painted the base of the cloud with a glazed Mars Black, a Cadmium Red streak splitting with the “atom” in the center of … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War IX: Hell on Earth/War
This is no Lotus Flower this Hell on Earth … this state of perpetual warring … however, some war is necessary? I do not know for how long. I believe in a United Nations. I believe in International Human Rights … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War VIII Process … Jungle Code
Above you can see the lyrical kind of art deco garden or landscape, ? wrought iron pattern I initially layered with, that was replaced with a very drapey, jungley, camouflagey … bivouac … ey … feel. Which I then carefully … Continue reading
Viet-Nam War VII and Viet-Nam War VIII
http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/vietnamwar7.html Those titles sure get predictable but that’s what this series is about. Yo. I feel it, too. I am ingrained in this process and it is a serious emotional healing thing. Just in case anyone wondered. Okay. There is the … Continue reading
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Viet-Nam War VI – II
It took a few hours to get this black background in, and it’s not IN all the way, as you can see. I need to find the brave soul to paint into the other colors there, into their edges just … Continue reading
Viet-Nam VI – I
I stop here to show you what this piece looks like before I paint the background completely Mars Black. Stark. I may also add sparks of blue or white to the bolt occurring to the jungle leaf. Very symbolic. When … Continue reading
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